Politics

In the evening of June 28, while the U.S. Senate was holding hearings on appointing Richard Hoagland as Ambassador to Armenia, Armenian Americans organized the “Yellow Ribbon” demonstration in the Republic Square of Yerevan as a sign of protest to the decision of the US Department of State to call Ambassador John Evans back for …

In response to the rumors claiming that saying that “Prosperous Armenia” party was founded to counterbalance “Republican” party so as not to let them have many places in the parliament, MP Gagik Tsarukyan replied, “Many people ask why I set foot in politics. I want to let them know what my goal is. We’re all …

On June 28, the judge of Kentron and Nork Marash communities of Yerevan, Gayane Karakhanyan discussed the issue of sentencing editor of “Yerevan Time” newspaper, Arman Babajanyan. The court reached a verdict and sentenced him to prison for two months.

We asked head of the People’s Deputy faction, Karen Karapetyan whether he was going to join the Union for Armenia party, to which he relied, “It’s no secret that our faction supported the foundation of that party. I have said many times that I am not going to join that party. Currently our faction is …

For this purpose, the US wants to support its candidate to be nominated as president of Armenia. This candidate will definitely be head of “Rule of Law” party, Arthur Baghdasaryan. At the same time, “Rule of Law” may start a coalition with Aram Sargsyan and Stepan Demirchyan to be strong enough for the competition. We …

On June 28, leader of Azeri “Musavat” party, Isa Ghambar, said that the Azerbaijani authorities have agreed with organizing a referendum in Karabagh. “The Azeri authorities give promises to international organizations before the elections and this may harm the national interests of Azerbaijan”, said the oppositional leader according to “Regnum”. “After elections the authorities see …

The by-laws on the newly established “Alliance” party of Samvel Babanyan state that Armenia should keep good relations with NATO, but should prohibit the allocation of military bases. According to member of the political board of “Alliance” party, Andranik Tevanyan, this concerns Russian military troops as well. Furthermore, Mr. Tevanyan says that all Southern Caucasus …

The recent announcement of the American co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk group, Matthew Bryza caused confusion in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenians worry about this more because this announcement was aimed more towards Armenia than Azerbaijan. In order to understand what this proposed conflict resolution draft package is, let’s suppose that it is agreed on, signed …

“The announcement made by the Armenian foreign affairs ministry on June 26 shows that Armenia doesn’t have a constructive approach to the Karabagh conflict negotiations”, as stated in the announcement of the Azeri foreign affairs ministry. “The OSCE co-chairmen, especially the American co-chairman, Matthew Bryza, have revealed information about the principles of the negotiations, which …

With the suggestion of the Karabagh authorities, the official OSCE representative Anjey Kasprichik visited the Aghdam region of Karabagh in order to see whether the forests and communities were burnt as the Azerbaijani claim they are. He visited all regions that Azerbaijan drew near the border and found out that there weren’t any burnt territories …